Derelict S/V bb adrift in vicinity 20-23.26N 036-11.27W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1064/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-17 07:40Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC DELGADA 140708Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-14 07:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 20.388, -36.188. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-12-14 07:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-17 07:40Z
- authority
- MRCC DELGADA 140708Z DEC 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MRCC DELGADA
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 20.388, -36.188
- vessel
- S/V BB
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT S/V BB ADRIFT IN VICINITY 20-23.26N 036-11.27W. REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA, INMARSAT-C: 426300065, PHONE: 3512 9628 1777, 3519 1777 7461, E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@MARINHA.PT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170740Z DEC 18.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 22-01.26N 037-52.57W at 120015Z apr2023-04-12
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 18-54.4N 034-41.1W at 191500Z jan2022-01-19
- Derelict 23 meter vessel adrift vicinity 21-46N 033-41W at 142014Z jan2014-01-15
- Derelict S/V adrift vicinity 20-35.5N 033-56.4W at 170705Z mar2011-03-17
- Derelict S/V adrift vicinity 20-32.5N 033-46.4W at 150050Z mar2011-03-15
- Derelict ten meter vessel, white hull, adrift in 18-54.9N 038-12.8W at 141504Z nov2007-11-14
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:50Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.